DRUG DOCUMENTARY A FAKE,PROBE DISCOVERS

A prize-winning British documentary broadcast on the CBS program"60
Minutes"about drug running from Colombia was a fake, an investigation
by outside experts has concluded.

Makers of "The Connection" paid actors to portray drug dealers, faked
locations and falsely claimed there was a new heroin route from
Colombia to Britain, the investigation found, London's Guardian
newspaper reported.

The documentary, made by a British production company, Carlton
Communications, for the British network Independent Television, was
investigated after The Guardian challenged its authenticity in a
series of articles in May.

Checked-by: Don Beck